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REVOLVING $HOT GASE- No. 280,979. Patented July 10, 1883.

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HENRY \VESTPHAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REVOLViNG SHOT-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 280,979, dated M 10, 1583,

Application filed February 13, 1883. (No n1odel.)'

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY \VESTPHAL, of the city of Chicago, in Cook county, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shot-Gases, the construction and operation of which I will proceed to explain, reference being had to the annexed case.

This invention relates to a revolving case for holding various-sized shot or other articles in a series of radial. compartments, furnished at the lower end of each compartment with an exit and gate to close the exit, and intended for use in a store on a counter, making it convenient to handle and hold varioussized shot in a small compass without danger of mixing them with each other. The general appearance of the device is shown in Fig. 1, where it appears as it stands on the counter, ready for use.

Referring to the drawings, f f represent a frame having three caster-wheels, w w w, arranged at equal distances from each other, upon which the base-plate it of the case rests on a circular track integral therewith, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. A central rod, m, passes through cross-bars of the frame ff, 'up through the center of thejcase, through its upper plate, a, terminating in a square end, which passes through the stationa-iy plate a, having the funnel H,'as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The rod m is the center post,- around'which the case revolves on the caster-wheels or rollers 10 on the track K. The upper part, L, of the framef f, on which the case rests, has a depressio'n or drop at one side, as shown in Fig. 4; for the purpose hereinafter set forth. The case proper-is divided up into radial vertical sections divided by the partitions 15*, as

shown in Fig. 2, forming separate compartments to hold shot or any other material de-' sired. Each compartment is separate and distinct from the other, and is provided at its top end with the holes 0, (shown in Fig. 3,) by means of which the compartments are filled. The outer ends of the radial partitions a are formed with flanges projecting each way, as shown in Fig. 2 at a, for the purpose of holding in the fronts a of the compartments between said partitions. The lower end of each compartment is provided with an opening, D, (shown in Fig. 4,) which opening is the exit for the shot. Each such opening D is furnished with a slide -door, D, (shown in Figs. 1 and 4,) which slides up and down he hind the sides 2 of the spout B, attached by screws or other suitable means to the outer side of the compartment, as shown in Fig. 4. Both upper and lower ends of the slide D are bent outward, as shown in said figure, forming ears to catch hold of to slide the door up or down. Theupper end of the slidedoor D is provided with an opening corresponding in size and shape with that in the compartment over which it slides. hen the slide-door D is forced down, as shown in Fig. 4, the apertures in both the slide D and the compartment are opposite each other, forming an exit for the shot to run out in the spout B. lVhen it is desired to draw shot from anypompartment, the case must be revolved until the compartment it is desired to draw from is immediately 'over the drop or depression in the frame L, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the slide D may be forced down on the head 0 of the spring-plunger c", which spring-plunger of forces the slide D upward to close the exit D when pressure on the slide is released. The slides D cannot be forced down at any other place than this one place over the spring-plunger c, as they are held up and rest on the rail L of the frame ff, so that by arranging the case on the counter, with the plunger 0 on the inner side of the counter, persons on the outer side of the counter cannot open the slides D to take shot clandestinely. The various sizes of the shot in the compartments are indicated by letters and figures on the outside, as shown in Fig. 1.

The object of constructing the slide Dwith the exit aperture near its top is that the stream of outpouring shot is cut off from below, and for that reason stray shot will not prevent the entire closing of the exit-aperture of the compartment, as it would if the outp ourmeans of the perpendicular rods T T.

Each compartment is provided ing stream of shot were cut off from above, as some shot would invariably prevent the slide from coming entirely down and perfectly close said exit.

' As before stated, the plate a on the top is stationary, and supports a funnel, H. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 3.) This funnel is always an ranged so as to beimmediately over the compartment fromwhich the shot is being drawn,

holes 13 z in the top plate and t" i in the lower plate. The whole case is held together by (Shown in Fig. 2.) with openings filled with glass g g, (shown in Figs. 1 and 4,) so it can be seen when the quantity of shot within is low. A twinecase, S, crowns the top, to hold the necessary twine to tie up packages. The whole forms a very neat, compact, and durable case for the purpose, and of great use to dealers in such com1nodities as it is designed to hold.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. The revolving shot-ease having radial compartments, as shown, each compartment being provided-with the feed-aperture 0 atthe top'and the exit-aperture D at the bottom, and sliderdoor D, having a corresponding eX- 3 5 it-aperture near its upper end, and adapted to slide up and down on the spring-plunger 0 supported in the frame f f L, to discharge its contents, asset forth. 4

2. The combination of a revolving case hav- 4o ingdischarge-apertures, with the slide-doors D, each having a discharge-aperture near its upper end, and adapted to operate on the spring-plunger in the framef f L, to cut off the outpouring stream of shot from below, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the revolving case described, having radial compartments, frame ff L, slide-doors D, having discharge-apertures near their upper end, central rod, m,

spring-plunger a, supported in the frame L,

spouts B, and stationary plate a, having the funnel H, all adapted to operate as and for the purpose set forth. P 4. In combination with arevolving case having an exit-aperture, the frame L, supporting the spring-plunger 0 the slide-doors D, having exit-apertures near their upper end, and spouts 13, all adapted to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY WESTPHAL.

Witnesses:

Trros. H. HU'roHms, WM.-J. HuTcHINs. 

